Publisher's blurb:
Tertius Aureum Cauda, the Third Golden Tail, was once nothing more than the hypothetical name for a far-off Galaxy; words forsakenly glowing on a lowly researcher’s holoscreen. Two hundred years after humanity’s arrival have shown it to be all too real. The Brave New, or so it is called, was meant to be a new hope for the Sourcebound Communion – the remainder of humanity in the Known Universe.
All went well with the first waves of terraforming. Dozens of fertile Planets with abundant resources, exotic but peaceable wildlife to study, and no natural predators. This all changed upon first contact with the Korl. The Sourcebound Roving Core (SRC – the Communion’s standing army) could not deal with the ruthless and relentless assaults on it’s outer colonies. Many deserted and formed traitor colonies. Known as Roguers, these humans are seen by the Communion as little better than the Korl. The threats to humanity once again began to mount and hope was beginning to fade, until finally the Tactical Projects Division was implemented.